Where The Heart Is (a review/reaction/love letter to Pary)
@faesey I meant to make this post a while ago, right after I had just read the fic. However, I was still very emotional from said fic and decided I would write it later. Then you posted the epilogue and I was in awe of that so... Here we are. I would've sent a message or something but it didn't happen last time and it didn't happen this time either THE FIC IS AMAZING. I love the kids. They all made me smile and just very happy. They were so cute and I can totally see the twins being more mischevious, partners-in-crime. I just loved them both so much and I was so conflicted when they were upset with Ashton because part of me was "no don't blame him ):" and the other part of me was "tHEY ARE HURTING I WANT TO HUG THEM BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S REALLY HARD" billie was such a cutie pie. babies are so cute and adorable. I just wanted to hug him. asdfghjkl babies are great. I imagine he'd grow up to be a really gentle and caring person. plus his sisters would take care of him and protect him. this fic made me feel so alive. ashton. my son. I was crying so much. I just wanted to wrap him up in blankets and protect him from everything. my heart was breaking for him because dealing with death is hard and having to explain it to children who aren't old enough to comprehend it... I can't imagine how difficult that is. and to have to lose the nanny in the beginning... I was just so ))))-: because no no no no he deserves some security and happiness. I'm glad he has luke and I was a bit like "wtf you doing ashton?!" when he didn't get together with luke at first but then I calmed down. when you love people, especially as Ashton seemed to with Charlotte, you don't just stop loving them. you don't ever stop loving them, they'll always hold a place in your heart. It doesn't stop you from loving someone else with everything it's just that that other person was special and there's no sense pretending. I was so proud of him when he talked to the girls about it all. LUKE. LUKE. LUKE. LUKE. I LOVED HIM IN ALL ASPECTS. he was just amazing and sweet and such a good nanny. I want him to help raise my kids later in life. That'd be awesome lol. He was so kind and he helped Ashton open up and relax and deal with family and deal with Charlotte's death and I was so *heart eyes* because he's really patient and caring. now the writing part. I love reading. it's amazing and if I could get a job for just reading fiction all day, I would take it in a heartbeat. Over the course of reading different books from different authors, including various fanfiction from various authors, I've learned to pick up on a lot of clichés and how to predict where a story goes. This sometimes makes some stories difficult for me to finish because it feels almost boring? to me. but a cliché is something used again and again and there's a reason for it. there's a reason why the whole "we're from rival groups but fall in love" story is used again and again. Romeo and Juliet, grease, west side story, high school musical, they all have that same love story but they're all such respected pieces of art. your writing is a reminder as to why clichés are clichés. why there's things like the soulmate AU or why we write fanfics that follow the story of Cinderella or some other movie, and why so many people do so. your writing shows just how amazing writing can be. there was a sense of predictability in the whole "Ashton and Luke aren't supposed to fall in love but they do but Ashton's not ready so )-: but he figures it out and they end up happy together" because the conflicted lover with a dark past + the other sunshine one, is commonly used. However you wrote Ashton and Luke to be original. they were fresh and different and unpredictable. the characters felt real with their stories and feelings, but also in the sense that their past wasn't this overwhelming thing that needed to be constantly brought up, it was mentioned and just in the way they were written, I could feel the ways that their past shaped them, without it needing to be explicitly stated. Then there's the story itself that was written so beautifully and honestly. It paid great detail in reflecting how people really are and how thoughts and fear really worked. It was honest to reality and to the characters. I fell so deep within the story and the characters and was so lost in the fic that the whole cliché/predictable-ness of it wasn't even a thing. Your writing in general is just very raw and original but also familiar and honest. I love your works so much they're all great. They never fail to make me smile and truthfully, you inspire me to continue writing and to continue working at writing. I can't wait to see what you write next and gosh... I'm just so in love ^U^ I really hope I didn't offend you with what I said about the cliché stuff because that is the total opposite of my intentions. I'm not the best with writing out exactly what I mean so yeah /: I'm really sorry if I did. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY TOMORROW (if not at least one better than today) and don't stop doing what you love as long as it makes you happy ^_^
